وَقَالَتِ الْیَهُودُ وَالنَّصَـرَى نَحْنُ أَبْنَـؤُا اللهِ وَأَحِبَّـؤُهُ قُلْ فَلِمَ یُعَذِّبُکُم بِذُنُوبِکُم بَلْ أَنتُم بَشَرٌ مِّمَّنْ خَلَقَ یَغْفِرُ لِمَن یَشَآءُ وَیُعَذِّبُ مَن یَشَآءُ وَللهِ مُلْکُ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاَْرْضِ وَمَا بَیْنَهُمَا وَإِلَیْهِ الْمَصِیرُ (18)18- THE JEWS AND THE CHRISTIANS SAID:- WE ARE THE SONS OF ALLAH, AND HIS BELOVED ONES. (WE ARE GOD'S ELECTS) SAY:- WHY THEN DOES HE PUNISH YOU FOR YOUR SINS? NOT SO, (AS YOU THINK) YOU ARE MERELY MAN OF THE KIND THAT HE CREATED. HE FORGIVES WHOM HE WILL, AND PUNISHES WHOM HE WANTS, AND TO ALLAH BELONGS THE KINGDOM OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH, AND ALL THAT IS BETWEEN THEM, AND TO HIM IS THE RETURN.